Sectional vehicle body



March 22, 1927. 1,621,67

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ALFRED MASURY,

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CORPBATION 0F DELAWARE.

SECTNAL VEHICLE BQDY.

Application flied-November 1923. Serial No. 673,419.

'l` his invention relates to vehicle bodies and is concernedparticularly with the type of body used for motor busses. lt has for.its principal object to provide a sectional body o which maybefabrlcated from a plurality of standardized sections. Stillanotherobject of the invention is to provide a body of the typedescribed which may be fabricated/With any predetermined number of suchstandarddepending upon the capacity desires, the, chassis frame, ofcourse, lending itself to variations in size. More particularly, theinvention consists in constructing the bus body with a plurality ofstandardized sections of predetermined depth and arranged transverselyof the chassis, the number of such unitsemployed b eing dependent uponthe body capacity required.-

ln the preferred form of construction 1t 1s V2o proposed to make eachstandardized unit of a depth equal approximately to that required forthe seatingof a passenger so that the addition of each section to thebody length means an increase of capacity by the number 25 of personswho may be seated transversely of the body. The inventionis furtherconcerned with certain details of construction to make for cheapness inmanufacture, durability in use and facility in assembly, For

it yis proposed to make each standardized unit as a single pressed metalpiece of lll-shape having flanges along its edges to facilitatefastening and having its ends terminating at the height desired for thesills of rlhese and other objects and advantages of the invention willappear with greater particularity hereinafter in connection with thedetailed description of the preferred embodiment shovvn in theaccomwherein:

Figure l is a view in side elevation of the body of a motor busfabricated in accordance with the invention and indicating in dottedlines the mannenin which a body of greater might be fabricated by theaddition of tivo of the standardized units- Figure 2 is a view intransverse section through the body shown in Figure 1 and taken on theplane indicated by. the line 2--2 of Figure l and looking in the direc-Figure 5 isa fragmentary detailed view in horizontal section through oneof the vertical side posts of the body and showing one way of unitingtwo adjacent sections thereto.

The invention is not concerned with the character or uses of the vehiclebody in which the improvements are incorporated but it will probablyfind its greatest usefulness in connection with the construction ofbodies for nlotor busses. rl`here is shown in Figure 1 a typicalconstruct-ion in which the chassis frame a is supported on Wheels?) andcarries the bus body c in which are disposed seats l which, in manyinstances, are disposed transversely of the chassis. rl`he presentinvention has to do with improved meansv for constructing the bus body cto the end that bodies of did'erent capacities may be 'readilyfabricated without necessitating fundamental changes in design orcomponent parts. To this end, the body is composed or a series oftransverse sections c', c, 03, etc., made up as unitary stampings' ofmetal pressed out on a form and preferably hanged bring it to thedesired level ofthe sill z' forl the Window sash e. 'lhe depth of eachsuch section c', 02, etc., in acase where the .seats are placedtransversely ofthe body is prefo erably equal to the depth of a measuredin the usual Way and affording ample latitude from seat-back toscat-back. The sections are assembled by laying them transversely of theside frame members of thechass/is o and with the flanges 09 on theproximatevertical body posts f on which the top g yof the bus issupported. As'indicated in Figure 5 on a large scale the flanges o8 ofadjacent sections c, clabut againstr the opposite sides of a verticalpost-f and are secured thereto by means of a through bolt It passengernio ics

shaped itself 'readily to the forming of these units into a channelshape'over a U-shapedmetal form. t f v In fabricating a bus body anydesired number of units e', c2, etc., are built up in the mannerdescribed on the chassis frame provided in order to afford a body havinga predetermined seating capacity. The same standardized units may beemployed in fabricating bus bodies for vehicles of greater or lesscapacities by using a greater or less number of such units. Forinstance, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure l Where the chassisframe admits two additional units say c6 and 'and c may be .used therebyadding to the seating capacity of the body by eight since in theillustrated `form each section affords space for two transverse seatseach one of which holds two passengers.

Changes in details of construction and rearrangement of the partsillustrated may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with the chassis of a vehicle,v of a body fabricatedfrom a series of similar interchangeable standardized U- members ofunitary structure disposed transversely of/the chassis and each having ahorizontal cally extending side portions, vertical posts at Voppositesides of the body and spaced a distance apart equal to the Width of amember, and means carried Withthe standardized sections to connectdetachably adjacent sec? tions by means of the post disposedtherebetween Whereby the posts serve as spacing members.

2. In combination with the lchassis of a motor vehicle, a body thereonincluding a Se- "ries of interchangeable U-shapedchanneled metalsections ot slmilar t'ormand nnitary structure disposed transversely onthe 'chassis and having horizontal portions and vertical portions at thesides extending to the height of the' sills for the windows of the body,in-

wardly and upwardly projecting flanges on the edges of the channels,posts mounted on the chassis and spaced. a distance apart equal to theWidth of a channel member and means to secure the channels to thepostswhereby a flush exterior Wall is provided.

' This specilication signed this 5th day of 'November A. D. 1923.

ALFRED F. MASURY.

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